Ibn Arabi Quotes

Full Name:al-Qushayri and Sultan al-ʿArifin

Walk of life:Poet

Born:26 July 1165, Murcia, Spain

Died:16 November 1240, Damascus, Syria

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I follow the Way of Love, and where Love’s caravan takes its path, there is my religion, my faith.
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Faith Journey Love Path Religion Way
My heart can take on any form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, Ka’ba for the circling pilgrim, The tables of the Torah, The scrolls of the Quran. My creed is Love; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.
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Belief Deep Faith Heart Idol Love Place Religious Thinking Wisdom
I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.
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Believe Direction Faith Love Religion
When you know yourself, your ‘I’ness vanishes and you know that you and Allah are one and the same.
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God Religious Wisdom
You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself.
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Face Faith See
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
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Animal Dream Dreams God Man Nature Plant Sleep
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is affected by the negativities of constant objections. Certainty(al-yaqin) does not derive from the evidences of the mind but pours out from the depths of the heart.
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Argument Build Evidence Faith Heart Mindset Wisdom
The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its light.
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Darkness Ignorance Knowledge Light See
While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah’s bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands.
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Alive Collection World
Oh, Lord, nourish me not with love, but with the desire for love.
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Desire Difference God Love Prayer

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